Recipe: Delicious Polenta (Cornmeal) Cookies

Polenta (Cornmeal) Cookies. Learn how to make perfect Cornmeal Cookies, with crispy edges, soft centres and the taste of buttery corn in every bite. Made with polenta, these are my fave Corn Cookies! Crispy, crunchy Italian polenta cookies, perfect for dessert or as a sweet snack.

The Best Polenta Cookies Recipes on Yummly Cornmeal has long been used for baked goods and giving fried foods crunch and texture. By Jennifer Segal, adapted with modifications from The Italian Baker by Modification of earlier review. You can cook Polenta (Cornmeal) Cookies using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Polenta (Cornmeal) Cookies

1. Prepare 125 g of Butter *softened.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of Caster Sugar.
3. You need 1 of Egg.
4. Prepare 1 cup of Polenta (Cornmeal).
5. You need 3/4 cup of Plain Flour.
6. Prepare 1/2 cup of Dried Fruit *Black Currants, Sultanas, Sour Cherries, Cranberries, Raisins, etc.
7. It's 1/4 cup of Nuts *Pine Nuts, Pistachio OR Almonds.

These cookies are scrumdumptious made with polenta and a little less. These cookies are very easy to make and incredibly delicious. Heat up some olive oil in a frying pan! Coat the polenta with the cornmeal and shake off the excess!

Polenta (Cornmeal) Cookies step by step

1. Dried Fruit and Nuts need to be coarsely chopped up if large. Today I used Sultanas and Pistachio, and I chopped them up fairly well..
2. Beat softened Butter and Sugar until well combined. Beat in Egg and mix well. Add Polenta (Cornmeal), Flour, Dried Fruit and Nuts, and mix well..
3. Divide the dough into 2 portions, place a portion on a sheet of plastic food wrap, shape into a log, and wrap in the plastic wrap. Repeat with the remaining dough. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm..
4. Preheat oven to 170ºC. Line two baking trays with baking paper..
5. Remove and discard plastic wrap on the dough and slice the logs into 8mm thick rounds. If crumbled, just shape them into rounds. Place on the prepared trays. Cookies need plenty space around each..
6. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside on the tray to cool and harden before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely..

Polenta is basically cornmeal mush, and it can be made with any kind of cornmeal, ground coarse, medium or fine (You don't need bags marked "polenta.") As with most ingredients, though, the better. Looking for unique recipes using cornmeal? Looking for unique recipes using cornmeal? Grits, polenta, and cornmeal all forms of ground corn are versatile, gluten-free, and can be used in everything from pancakes to cookies. In the supermarket, cornmeal can be labeled anything from yellow grits to corn semolina.